Doctor’s believe Amirah’s blackened fingers cannot be saved, as temperatures in squalid camp for family members of Isis fighters fall below zero A three-year-old Australian girl held in al-Hawl camp in Syria will likely lose her fingers to frostbite, unable to be properly treated during a brutal winter in the squalid camp.Amirah is one of 47 Australian children being detained in the sprawling detention camp for the family members of Islamic State fighters, as the north-east of Syria endures a bitterly cold winter. Continue reading...

Thirty-six women and children stuck in Syria say they would agree to be put under anti-terrorism...

Thirty-six women and children stuck in Syria say they would agree to be put under anti-terrorism ordersAustralian women and children stuck in northern Syrian camps have offered to be placed under restrictive control orders if the Australian government will bring them home.The situation in northern Syria has become dramatically more dangerous, including for those in the camps, after the US president, Donald Trump, declared US troops would be leaving, paving the way for a Turkish invasion. Continue reading...

Revelation during Shamima Begum’s citizenship appeal contradicts official statementsThe UK government has considered options for repatriating...

Revelation during Shamima Begum’s citizenship appeal contradicts official statementsThe UK government has considered options for repatriating British members of Islamic State being held in prison camps in northern Syria, it has emerged.The information was disclosed during the hearing into the home secretary’s decision to remove the citizenship of Shamima Begum, the former Bethnal Green schoolgirl who travelled to Syria at the age of 15. Continue reading...